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HOPSE  OF  ^rRESENTATIVES,  February  28,  186 
C  By  Mr.  fts^pftlL,  ficpnOhe  JudteiaMrv  tJoDrfni 


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A.   BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  to  provide  for  holding  elections  for  repiesenta- 
tatives  in  tlic  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  States  occupied 
by  the  forces  of  the  enemy. 

1  Section  1.    The  Corigress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 

2  enact,  That  in  any  State  in  which  more  than  half  the  Congressional 
o     Districts  are  at  this  time  within  the  lines  of  the  public  enemy,  or 

4  occupied  and  held  by  them,  or  in  which  the  Governor  thereof,  by 

5  proclamation,  phall  hereafter  declare  that  more  than  half  of  such 

6  districts,  are  so  held,  at  a  time  preceding  an  election  for  repro- 

7  sentatives    in     the    Congress     of    the    Confederate    States,    not 

8  exceeding  sixty   days,  and  not  less   than  forty  days  before  the 

9  same,  then  such  election  shall  be  by  general  ticket  for  such  State, 

10  and  each  voter  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  one  ticket,  containing  the 

1 1  names  of  one  person  from  each   Congressional  District  in  such 

12  State,  and    the  person  in  each    district    receiving    the   greatest 


2 

13  number  of  votes  of  the  whole  vote  of  tlie  State,  shall  be  coin- 

14  missioned  as  representative  by  the  Governor  of  such  State  in  the 

15  manner  now  in  use  in  such  State. 

1  Sec.  2.  In  such  State  now  occupied  as  aforesaid,  or  within  the 

2  lines    of  the    enemy,  sh;ill  bo   held  on    the   first    Wednesday  of 

3  November  next,  and  every  two  years  thereafter  during  the  war. 

1  Sec.  4.  In  the  event  t'  at  any  such  State  has  by  law  provided 

2  for  holding  such  election  under  the  circumstances  herein  specified. 

3  either  by  temporary  acts  which  has  expired,  or  by  acts  now  in 

4  force,  such  election  shall  be  h-idd  according  to  the  provisions  of 

5  such  temporary  or  permanent  act. 


